Reinterprets the underlying causes and effects of architecture and town planning in urban Italy during one of the countrys most vibrant and celebrated periods. It puts economic and political influences at center stage rather than artistic inspiration or nostalgia for the classical past. It provides a fascinating study of Italian cities and regions over four discrete periods: from 1250 to 1400 -- t
Often slighted by art historians tapestries were actually the most widely commissioned figurative art form in Europe in the 1500s. In Tapestry in the Renaissance: Art and Magnificence Thomas P. Campbell and other scholarly contributors survey the elaborate woven hangings produced primarily by Flemish workshops for the palaces and cathedrals of Italy and Northern Europe. The authors discuss the d
